hollyhock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hollyhock	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hollyhock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hollyhock n any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea Synonym(s): althea, althaea, hollyhock any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hollyhock \Hol"ly*hock\, n. [OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See {Holy}.] (Bot.) A species of Alth[91]a ({A. rosea}), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also {rose mallow}.